PARAVAC Vaccines against helminth parasites of
livestock of economic and/or public health significance
Dr. Corpus Cerna Cabrera
(Investigador Adjunto Paravac )
Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca
Perú
Proyecto de Investigación
Objetivo:
Desarrollo de vacunas y sistemas de detección para el control de infecciones
producidas por parásitos de importancia en ganaderia (Ortertagia ostertagi, Haemonchus contortus, Fasciola hepatica, Cooperia onchophora, Dictyocaulus
viviparus, Echinococcus granulosus).
N°Proyecto: 265862
Fecha Inicio: 1 April 2011
Fecha término: 31 March 2015
2 - Participants of PARAVAC Part. Nr Institution Principal investigators
P1 Moredun Research Institute (UK) Dave Knox
Dave Smith
P2 Ghent University (BE) Edwin Claerebout
Peter Geldhof
P3 Flanders Interuniversity Institute
for Biotechnology (BE)
Nico Callewaert
P4 University College, Dublin (IE) Grace Mulcahy
P5 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
(FR)
Anne-Françoise Pétavy
P6 University of Hannover (D) Thomas Schnieder
Christina Strube
P7 University of Leiden (NL) Ron Hokke
P8 University of Glasgow (UK) Collette Britton
2 - Participants of PARAVAC Part. Nr Institution Principal investigators
P9 University of Liverpool (UK) Diana Williams
P10 University of Cordoba (ES) Jose Perez
P11 McGill University (CA) John Dalton
P12 Rabat-Institute (MA) Allal Dakkak
P13 University de la Republica (UY) Adriana Esteves
P14 Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
(ZA)
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P15 University of Sao Paulo (BR) Alessandro Amarante
P16 Iscovent (SE) Gerd Rundstrom
2 - Participants of PARAVAC Part. Nr Institution Principal investigators
P17 University of Zurich (CH) Peter Deplazes
P18 National School of Veterinary
Medicine (TN)
Samia Lahmar
P19 Pfizer Animal Health Fraser Stewart
P20 Laramedia (IE) Gerald Cannon
P21 Universidad Nacional de
Cajamarca (PE)
Pedro Ortiz
P22 Triveritas (IE) Julian Braidwood
P23 Murdoch University (AU) Robert Dobson
Cajamarca
• Milk producing area: 800,000 L/day.
• Fasciola hepatica: Most importan parasite disease.
• Very high prevalences (animals and humans).
• Control: Anthelminthic drugs (Triclabendazole and others).
• Resistance.
• Chemical residues in food chain.
• Health problem.
Bovine fasciolosis in Cajamarca Provinces
Fuente: SENASA, 2007. Ministery of Agriculture, Peru
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L. Carolina Gonzalez, José Guillermo Esteban, M. Dolores Bargues, M. Adela Valero, Pedro Ortiz, Cesar Náquira, Santiago Mas-Coma. Acta Tropica, In Press, 2011
Human fasciolosis in Cajamarca, Peru
On going research:
• Resistance to Triclabendazole
• Pharmacological quality of drugs
• Chemical residues in milk and cheese
• Control
Organization capabilities
• Faculty of Veterinary Science
• Laboratory of immunology
• Lecturing on immunology
• Basic immunology and parasitology tests
• Vaccine trials
Many thanks